Clothes-drier.



'J. D. QUINLAN &'G MULVANEY;

CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 1a, 1908.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

JAMES D. QUINLAN AND GEORGE MULVANEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Application filed November 16, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES D. QUINLAN and GEORGE MULVANEY, citizens ofthe United States, residing in New York city,in

the State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in aClothes-Drier, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention is a novel construction of clothes drier of that classwherein the said drier or apparatus is attached to the window-frame andprojects outwardly from the building. It will be distinctly understood,however, that an apparatus constructed and operated the same as ours maybe attached to a pole or any other suitable object.

The object of the invention is to provide a clothes drier which isexceedingly cheap and simple in construction, and which can be quicklyand easily arranged within the window-frame, and the main object of ourinvention is to provide a clothes drier of such a character that thereceiving end of the clothes line or lines can be quickly and easilydrawn into the room whenever it is,

desired to place the clothes thereon, thereby avoiding the necessity ofhanging out the window while attaching the clothes to the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide an endless double-clothesline, the horizontal flights of the line being so spaced apart as tohold the clothes stretched or spread out and thereby prevent the saidclothes flapping or twisting around the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes drier which canbe raised or lowered at will, and also one which can be completely drawninto the room whenever desired.

Vith these various objects in View, our invention consists in thevarious novel features of construction, and also in the manner ofcombining or arranging them, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification :Figure l is aperspective view of a clothes drier constructed in accordance with ourinvention, and set up ready for use. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewshowing the manner of passing the elevating ropes or wires through thetop of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 199. Serial No..462,839.

window-frame, and Fig. 3 is a face view showing the interior face of thetop of the window-frame.

In carrying out our invention we employ a horizontal rod or bar A whichis preferably a piece of galvanized pipe, the ends of said rod or barbeing mounted in bearings B which may be ordinary pipe-couplings orunions, said bearings being mounted upon the vertical rods G which rodsare secured to the side-members of the window-frame by means ofscrew-eyes O, and the ends of said rods project upwardly through thebearings B a short distance, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. A doubleT-coupling D is arranged centrally of the bar A and passing therethrough is a rod or bar E which extends out-- wardly as shown, andenters a coupling F which is compound in its nature, and which also hasthe forwardly projecting rod or bar E extending therethrough, andsecured when desired by means of a set-screw E The bars E and E are alsopreferably constructed of ordinary pipe and in fact all of the parts ofour invention are preferably constructed of this material, except aswhen otherwise specified. A set-screw E is also employed to lock the rodE in the coupling D whenever desired. The rod or bar E carries acoupling G at its forward end and through which passes the fronthorizontal rod or bar H terminating at its end in elbows H carryinghooks or eyes H to which the ropes or wires I are attached for thepurpose of raising the drier when desired, said ropes or wires I passingthrough the top of the window-frame, over the pulleys I and providedwith rings I at their inner ends and by means of which the drier can bepulled up the same as an awning whenever desired. A rope or wire alsoextends from the center of the rod or bar H as most clearly shown.

Pivotally connected to the horizontal rod or bar H are the dependingrods K carrying the bearings K at their lower ends in which turn theshort shafts L, said shafts in turn carrying the arms M, eachterminating in an elbow M carrying pulleys M around which the endlessclothes lines pass. Similar arms M being carried by similar shafts Lwhich in turn are mounted in similar bearings K which are arranged atthe lower ends of the depending rods K mounted upon the horizontal rodor being understood that these depending rods K and K turn freely uponthe horizontal bars and are held against lateralmovemen't by means ofcollars K The upper ends of the depending rods K laterally projectingarms K} which are adapted to engage the upwardly projecting ends oi therods G and limit the outward movements of the said depending rods K Asbefore stated the arms M carried by the inner rods are the same inconstruction as those carried by the outer rods and is equipped withpulleys M around which the endless line passes.

A rope O is attached to the lower end of one of the depending rods, saidrope having a lever 0 connected thereto, so that by pulling down uponthe said lever, the inner end of the clothes drier can be swung into theroom and this lever can be held in such position by means of the loop 0which extends from the lever and is adapted to engage a hook fastenedupon the interior of the room at any suitable point. It will of coursebe understood that when it is desired to arrange the clothes upon theline the lever is pulled down, so as to bring the inner deending rod andtheir arms into the room, and the clothes are then fastened to the upperflights of the line and worked out until the lines are full, and asthese lines are some distance apart, the clothes will be held spread'out and will be prevented from twisting around the lines as occurs atthe present time. By having the projecting rods E an E movable in thecoupling D and F, we are able to draw the entire apparatus up into thewindow frame whenever it may be necessary to re-arrange or repair any ofthe parts, thereby completely avoiding the necessity of reaching out thewindow for the purpose of getting access to any part of the apparatus.Whenever it is desired to elevate the drier like an awning, so as tolift it out of the way it can "be quickly accomplished by simply pullingupon the ropes or wires I and the entire apparatus can be moved upwardlyand locked inthat position.

It will thus be seen that we provide an exceedingly cheap, simple andefiicient form of clothes drier which will completely overcome bar A,adjacent its end, it

are provided with said bars,

the necessity of leaning out the window for any purpose whatever.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l st- 1. Ina clothes drier, the combination with a horizontal bar, and means forsecuring the same in a window-frame, a horizontal bar arranged parallelwith the first mentioned bar, and an extensible connection betweendepending rods pivotally connected to the horizontalbars, and eachcarrying arms provided with pulleys, endless lines passing around saidpulleys, and means for supporting t e front horizontal bar.

2. In a clothes drier, the combination with a horizontal bar, and meansifor securing the same in a window-fr me, an extension rod connected tosaid horizontal bar, an outer horizontal bar carried at the outer end ofthe extension rod, pivoted depending rods carr-ied by said horizontalbars, each depending rod carrying an arm provided with pulleys at itsopposite end, -endless lines passing around said pulleys, meansffordrawing the inner depending rods and arms into the room, together withmeans "for supporting and elevating the outer horizontal bar.

'3. In a clothes drier, the combination with a horizontal bar, and meansfor securing said bar a window-tram, of an adjustable extension rodconnected to said bar, and projecting outwardly, a horizontal barcarried at the outer end of said extension rod, ropes or wires connectedto the end of said horizontal bar and passing through the top of thewindow-frame, depending rods pivotally connected to said horizontal bar,and carrying bearings at their lower ends, shafts mounted in saidbearings, each shaft carrying an arm provided with pulleys at each end,depending rods also p i'votaily connected with the first mentionedhorizontal bar, and provided with bearings having shafts provided witharms carrying pulleys, endless lines passing aro'nd 'said pulleys, and arope connected to the lower end of one of the inner de. ending rods,whereby the inner ends of ,t e lines can be withdrawn into the room asset forth.

JAMES J). QUINLAN. GEORGE MULVANEY. Witnesses:

CHAS. E. Brook, Josnr rr G. QUINN, J r.

